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Woman kidnapped from bus stop, raped

7:06am Thursday, November 11, 2004

November 9, 2004 WKYC.com (NBC3 Cleveland) According to the Cleveland police chief, a 21-year-old woman was waiting for a bus on East 120th and Euclid when a man drove up asking for directions Monday. The unidentified man said he could not hear the young woman and asked her to come closer. She obliged but when she did he reportedly forced her into the vehicle. The suspect drove the victim around...

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FLASH: Republican Sen. Spada's anti-CCW mailer paid for by OhioGOP

8:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has obtained a political mailer sent to voters in Senate District 24, which attacks a Democrat candidate for his support of concealed carry. On the eve of the election, an 8 ½” x 11” full color mailer bearing the name of the Ohio Republican Party, and Chairman Robert Bennett, was mailed to residents in Republican Sen. Bob Spada’s Senate district. The mailer attacked...

OFCC PAC Endorsee Jon Husted chosen as next House speaker

7:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004

The Associated Press is reporting today that majority Republicans in the Ohio House have selected Rep. Jon Husted of Kettering as speaker for the 2005-2006 legislative session. Husted, 37, will succeed Speaker Larry Householder in January. Householder is leaving because of term limits. The wire report says Husted, a former vice president of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, is completing his...

FAILURE: Gun control laws don't stop black market SWAT weapons transfers

3:46pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004

WDTN.com (Dayton 2News) is reporting that police have recovered several of the weapons stolen from a SWAT team officers' car last week. 2News reports a phone tip led police to the stolen weapons and to three suspects that are under arrest. But the suspects are not believed to be the ones who broke into the SWAT team members vehicle . According to a quote attributed to Dayton Police Department Lt...

Fifth Third Bank robbery: not even the guards are armed

3:10pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004

On November 9, 2004, WCPO.com reported that Cincinnati Police are looking for two bank robbers who struck a Fifth Third Bank in Corryville Tuesday morning. All Ohio Fifth Third Banks are listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . According to the news story, just before 11 a.m., a man put a gun to the unarmed security guard's head while the other suspect robbed two tellers. What is...

So the criminals aren't smart enough to plot their crimes, right?

2:44pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Those in the media who recklessly abuse their privilege to obtain information on individuals with CHLs callously dismiss suggestions that publishing the names will lead to targeted gun theft. The Akron Beacon Journal has called it a "flimsy presumption", and Gannett News Columbus Bureau Chief Jim Siegel said warnings about the dangers of publishing the list of CHL-holders "elevate these criminals...

Violent convenience store robberies show need for self-defense prep

7:04am Monday, November 08, 2004

Think it can't happen to you? So did this employee and store customer... Armed men rob store, still at large November 2, 2004, Newark Advocate A convenience store clerk had a gun pointed at his head and was handcuffed by two men during a brazen mid-morning robbery on Hudson Avenue Monday. Rezene Ahferom was working the counter at the Old Town North Market, 322 Hudson Ave., at about 10:30 a.m...

Letter to the Editor: Cooked goose

6:21am Monday, November 08, 2004

November 7, 2004 Toledo Blade No shot in the dark As a conservative Ohio Buckeye, I'm happy to say that John Kerry may have shot our goose, but we cooked his! Jim Kimble Holland Click on the "Read More..." link below for another letter, describing how the Bush administration is achieving success at prosecuting gun crimes, and how worthless Kerryites' proposals would be. November 6, 2004 Columbus...